Friday, July 18, 2003
Transmeta powers first sub-$800 Tablet PC
Posted by Jason Dunn in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 11:00 AM
"Taiwanese monitor maker TDV Vision has announced what it claims are the first sub-$800 Tablet PC, the Visionary V800XPT. The new machine is powered by an 800MHz Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 processor, so naturally Transmeta is jumping up and down, and shouting about the design win. Unsurprisingly, Transmeta doesn't mention that TDV Vision is also offering a 1.2GHz version of the Tablet, the VS1200XP, based on VIA's recently announced Antaur mobile processor. The V800XPT sports 8.4in LCD panel, while its superiors sibling has a 14in display. There's a 30GB hard drive in there and 128MB of DDR SDRAM. The V800XPT also contains a 640x480 digicam and a four-in-one memory card reader, so it's clear TDV Vision is pitching the machine at consumers rather than the business audience Tablets are typically designed for."
Tablet PCs continue to interest me, but not enough to go out and buy one - yet. But at this price, it's pretty tempting. I'm in the process of laptop shopping, but I'm finding it very hard to make up my mind - so many choices! I've decided that I wasn't something with a decent amount of power, which rules out most Tablet PCs - especially because having a 2nd battery installed is also a requirement that I have. This laptop caught my interest. :mrgreen:
